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| Address | West 191st Street & Saint Nicholas Avenue New York, NY 10040 |
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| Borough | Manhattan | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Locale | Washington Heights | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Division | A (IRT) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Line | IRT Broadway – Seventh Avenue Line | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Services | 1 (all times) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Structure | Underground | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Platforms | 2 side platforms | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Tracks | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Opened | January 14, 1911 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Passengers (2010) | 2,344,317[1] 3.6% | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Rank | 198 out of 422 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Next north | Dyckman Street: 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Next south | 181st Street: 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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191st Street is a station on the IRT Broadway – Seventh Avenue Line of the New York City Subway. Located at the intersection of St. Nicholas Avenue and 191st Street in Manhattan, it served by the 1 train at all times.
At approximately 180 feet (55 m) below street level, this is the deepest station in the New York City Subway system. It has two tracks and two side platforms. This section of the line opened on March 12, 1906, but the elevators and other work had not yet been completed, and 191st Street did not open to the public for another five years. The depth of the station suited it for 1954 experiments by Victor Hess into the nature of cosmic rays.[2]
There are two exits from this station via the same fare control. The main entrance at 191st Street and St. Nicholas Avenue is at the summit of a hill and accessible by elevator only. The other 191st Street and Broadway is at a hillside and accessed via a three-block long passageway, one of the longest in the system.
Despite this station's depth, the next station north, Dyckman Street, is just above ground level. This is because 191st Street is at nearly the highest point on the island of Manhattan and this station is deep in the Washington Heights Mine Tunnel, while Dyckman Street runs along a deep valley almost at sea level and its station is at the tunnel portal.
This station was completely renovated in 2004–2005 by the New York City Transit Authority. All of the deteriorating tiles and mosaics were replaced with exact reproductions of the originals made by Serpentile, a company that does reproductions of original subway motifs. The tiles are all unglazed porcelain a half inch wide. Each of the 72 columns had to be plastered and prepared for four-sided mosaics that wrap around each one. There are 72 vertical panels, and over 3500 linear foot of mosaics. New York City Transit construction crews did all of the tile and installation work.
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